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one interesting thing: i don't swear that much in my native language. i find... cringy. now, whenever i speak/write english, i swear like a sailor. feels more
by fernandotakai 10y ago
one interesting thing: i don't swear that much in my native language. i find... cringy.
now, whenever i speak/write english, i swear like a sailor. feels more natural to curse in english.
- rando444 10y agoI can't help but wonder if this is because of how english swear words get adapted into other languages. It's not uncommon to hear variations of english swear words in my language.. even printed in the newspaper or children's books.. nobody thinks twice about it.. but our native swear words take on a different tone and meaning altogether. Maybe this could contribute to why it's easier to swear in english? (the words not holding the same type of gravity/meaning)
- posterboy 10y agoIt's not just the adaption, but also the isolation from the context.
- seszett 10y agoSwearing (especially putain) is punctuation in French, I don't even notice when I'm saying it. Swear words don't come naturally to me in English though, so they don't get an occasion to be said at all.